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1. Most common autoimmune, inflammatory polyneuropathy, has demyelinating (most common) and axonal variants. Motor/sensory/autonomic illness with associated urinary retention. | 1. Most common autoimmune, inflammatory polyneuropathy, has demyelinating (most common) and axonal variants. Motor/sensory/autonomic illness with associated urinary retention. | ||
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<br/>2. A mild gastrointestinal or respiratory infection precedes the polyneuropathy. Occasionally assoc. with meningococcal & influenza vaccines. | <br/>2. A mild gastrointestinal or respiratory infection precedes the polyneuropathy. Occasionally assoc. with meningococcal & influenza vaccines. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:07, 20 March 2023
SUMMARY
1. Most common autoimmune, inflammatory polyneuropathy, has demyelinating (most common) and axonal variants. Motor/sensory/autonomic illness with associated urinary retention.
2. A mild gastrointestinal or respiratory infection precedes the polyneuropathy. Occasionally assoc. with meningococcal & influenza vaccines.
3. In patients with any type of GBS, the CSF has a normal cell count and a high protein ("protein-cell dissociation"). Anti-GQ1b IgG is a unique serum protein measurable in over 80% of MFV cases of GBS.
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